the fear of surgical operations-Tomophobia.
Tomophobia
Fear of teeth (or dental surgery) is called Odontophobia
Tomophobia - fear of surgical procedures. Not to be confused with Ergasiophobia, which is a surgeons fear of operating.
the fear of teeth or dental surgery: Odynophobia or Odynephobia
after a surgery being poked in that place will hurt
The name of the phobia related to the fear of dental surgery is Odontophobia. See Web Links for a list of all phobias and their names
Both dentophobia and odontophobia relate to the fear of dentistry and receiving dental care.
Dr. Cristina Yang's fear of failure in surgery stems from her perfectionism and high standards. She is driven by her determination to be the best, and the fear of making a mistake and not living up to her own expectations causes her anxiety. Additionally, past traumatic experiences in surgery have also contributed to her fear.
The main fear of gastric bypass surgery is that you might need long term specialized care. Especially if you develop an infection.
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Acousticophobia- Fear of noise. Acrophobia- Fear of heights. Amathophobia- Fear of dust. Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car. Bogyphobia- Fear of bogeys or the bogeyman. Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness. Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women. Coprastasophobia- Fear of constipation. Coprophobia- Fear of feces. Dementophobia- Fear of insanity. Demonophobia or Daemonophobia- Fear of demons. Demophobia- Fear of crowds. (Agoraphobia) Equinophobia- Fear of horses. Eremophobia- Fear of being oneself or of lonliness. Febriphobia or Fibriphobia or Fibriophobia- Fear of fever. Geniophobia- Fear of chins. Genophobia- Fear of sex. Genuphobia- Fear of knees. Hadephobia- Fear of hell. Hagiophobia- Fear of saints or holy things. Macrophobia- Fear of long waits. Mageirocophobia- Fear of cooking. Maieusiophobia- Fear of childbirth. Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8. Odontophobia- Fear of teeth or dental surgery. Trichopathophobia or Trichophobia- Fear of hair. (Chaetophobia, Hypertrichophobia) Triskaidekaphobia- Fear of the number 13.
A relatively recent development in the medical world, laser eye surgery often inspires fear in people who think about having it done. This fear is very much unfounded, as the use of lasers in eye surgery has come a long way from its origins. Almost all problems associated with these procedures are related to operator error and as long as one takes care to research their potential doctors thoroughly, the risks are almost nonexistent.